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8 Issues, 8 Weeks: Healthcare

For the past six years, the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," has caused controversy from the courts to congress.

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Updated: 1:24 PM CST Jan 19, 2016

8 Issues, 8 Weeks: Healthcare

For the past six years, the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," has caused controversy from the courts to congress.

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WEBVTT THAT HAS POLARIZED POLITICANS AND VOTERS ALIKE... NATS -- SIGNING... EVER SINCE THE PRESIDENT SIGNED HIS LANDMARK HEALTH CARE LAW NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO... OPTIONAL SCOTUS NATS IT S CAUSED CONTROVERSY FROM THE COURTS... TO CONGRESS.... SEN. DAN SULLIVAN/ ALASKA: "THIS WAS NOT THE HEALTHCARE THAT WAS PROMISED TO AMERICANS." AKE SOT NAME: BALDWIN NUMBER: CLIP 3 AT: 10:18:40 TO: 10:18:43 DURATION:0:03 SEN. TAMMY BALDWIN/ WISCONSIN: "HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE A RIGHT FOR ALL!" AFTER DOZENS OF ATTEMPTS -- REPUBLICANS RESURRECTED LEGISLATION TO REPEAL THE LAW THEY DUB " OBAMACARE".... VOTE NATS... WHILE LAWMAKERS ALSO CHIPPED AWAY AT PORTIONS OF IT IN A MASSIVE BUDGET BILL AND MAY USE IT AS A TALKING POINT IN 2016. JOSH KRAUSHAAR/ NATIONAL JOURNAL: "FROM A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE OBAMACARE HAS BEEN THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING FOR REPUBLICANS." TAKE SOT AT: 12:26:11 TO: 12:26:15 DURATION:0:04 "WHENEVER THEY VE RUN ON IT AGGRESSIVELY, THEY TEND TO DO FAIRLY WELL." PUTTING DEMOCRATS ON DEFENSE... MARC SANDALOW/POLITICAL ANALYST: "YOU CAN T GO IN AND TELL 12 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSURANCE BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE WE RE TAKING THAT AWAY. YOU CAN T TELL PEOPLE SAY WITH CANCER WHO HAVE GOTTEN INSURANCE BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE INSURANCE." SO WHILE THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS MAY PLAY UP THE ISSUE ON THE TRAIL... DREW ALTMAN/CEO, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: "OBAMACARE HAS COOLED A LITTLE BIT AS AN ISSUE." KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION C-E-O DREW ALTMAN SAYS POLLING SHOWS THE PUBLIC HAS MORE PRESSING HEALTH CONCERNS -- DREW ALTMAN/CEO, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: "WE FOUND THAT THE HIGH COSTS OF DRUGS, THIS IS REALLY A SURPRISE TO ME, EMERGED AS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR PEOPLE AS THEIR TOP PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS."

8 Issues, 8 Weeks: Healthcare

For the past six years, the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," has caused controversy from the courts to congress.